Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Presidential Determination
No. 2006-3

SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on FY 2006 Refugee Admissions
Numbers and Authorizations of In Country Refugee Status Pursuant to
Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), respectively, of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, and Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended

In accordance with Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the
"Act") (8 U.S.C. 1157), as amended, and after appropriate consultations
with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize
the following actions:

The admission of up to 70,000 refugees to the United States during FY 2006
is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national
interest; provided, however, that this number shall be understood as
including persons admitted to the United States during FY 2006 with Federal
refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions
program, as provided below.

The 70,000 admissions numbers shall be allocated among refugees of special
humanitarian concern to the United States in accordance with the following
regional allocations; provided, however, that the number allocated to the
East Asia region shall include persons admitted to the United States during
FY 2006 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under section 584 of
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act of 1988, as contained in section 101(e) of Public Law
100-202 (Amerasian immigrants and their family members); provided further
that the number allocated to the former Soviet Union shall include persons
admitted who were nationals of the former Soviet Union, or in the case of
persons having no nationality, who were habitual residents of the former
Soviet Union, prior to September 2, 1991:

Africa . . . . . . . . . . 20,000

East Asia . . . . . . . . . 15,000

Europe and Central Asia . . 15,000

Latin America/Caribbean . . 5,000

Near East/South Asia . . . 5,000

Unallocated Reserve . . . . 10,000

The 10,000 unallocated refugee numbers shall be allocated to regional
ceilings as needed. Upon providing notification to the Judiciary
Committees of the Congress, you are hereby authorized to use unallocated
numbers in regions where the need for additional numbers arises.

Additionally, upon notification to the Judiciary Committees of the
Congress, you are further authorized to transfer unused admission numbers
allocated to a particular region to one or more other regions, if there is
a need for greater numbers for the region or regions to which the numbers
are being transferred. Consistent with section 2(b)(2) of the Migration
and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended, I hereby determine that
assistance to or on behalf of persons applying for admission to the United
States as part of the overseas refugee admissions program will contribute
to the foreign policy interests of the United States and designate such
persons for this purpose.

Consistent with section 101(a)(42) of the Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) and
after appropriate consultation with the Congress, I also specify that, for
FY 2006, the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be considered
refugees for the purpose of admission to the United States within their
countries of nationality or habitual residence: